I did a clean format of my hard drive and I would like to reinstall windows.
My problem is, when I reboot with my windows 98 boot disk I get a message
that say's devise drivers not found: MSCD001 no valid CD Rom device drivers
selected.How can I get my CD Rom drive to work so I can reinstall Windows?

Rainy

"Rainy" <golfcouple@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:w-qdnTKqo9HTbrPd4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> I did a clean format of my hard drive and I would like to reinstall
windows.
> My problem is, when I reboot with my windows 98 boot disk I get a message
> that say's devise drivers not found: MSCD001 no valid CD Rom device
drivers
> selected.How can I get my CD Rom drive to work so I can reinstall Windows?
>
> Rainy
>
The Windows 98 boot up disk contains a number of generic CD-ROM drivers
covering most makes and type of drive. If it doesn't recognise the CD-ROM
drive you will have to use the installation disk that came with it.

"Rainy" <golfcouple@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:w-qdnTKqo9HTbrPd4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> I did a clean format of my hard drive and I would like to reinstall
windows.
> My problem is, when I reboot with my windows 98 boot disk I get a message
> that say's devise drivers not found: MSCD001 no valid CD Rom device
drivers
> selected.How can I get my CD Rom drive to work so I can reinstall Windows?
>
> Rainy
>
The Windows 98 boot up disk contains a number of generic CD-ROM drivers
covering most makes and type of drive. If it doesn't recognise the CD-ROM
drive you will have to use the installation disk that came with it.

"Rainy" <golfcouple@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<w-qdnTKqo9HTbrPd4p2dnA@comcast.com>...
> I did a clean format of my hard drive and I would like to reinstall windows.
> My problem is, when I reboot with my windows 98 boot disk I get a message
> that say's devise drivers not found: MSCD001 no valid CD Rom device drivers
> selected.How can I get my CD Rom drive to work so I can reinstall Windows?
>
> Rainy

Some things to think about:
1. Bad boot disk, but unlikely. Must be a true Win 98 boot disk, not
95.
2. Bad CD ROM drive, maybe.
3. Ribbon cable to CD ROM drive not inserted fully, or power cable
also.
red tracer must be on #1 pins on both the motherboard and drive.
4. CD ROM not plugged into IDE 2 on Motherboard. (Plugged onto an
interface card or sound card instead.)
5. Bios not enabled for IDE 2. Usually F1 at startup takes you into
bios setup.
6. If this is a very old computer i.e. an early 486, it may not have a
second IDE plug-in on the motherboard.
7. Maybe the CD ROM drive is not IDE ATAPI compatible, or a SCSI
device. Those almost always require a separate interface card,
requiring additional software.

Great fun isn't it?

"Rainy" <golfcouple@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<w-qdnTKqo9HTbrPd4p2dnA@comcast.com>...
> I did a clean format of my hard drive and I would like to reinstall windows.
> My problem is, when I reboot with my windows 98 boot disk I get a message
> that say's devise drivers not found: MSCD001 no valid CD Rom device drivers
> selected.How can I get my CD Rom drive to work so I can reinstall Windows?
>
> Rainy

Some things to think about:
1. Bad boot disk, but unlikely. Must be a true Win 98 boot disk, not
95.
2. Bad CD ROM drive, maybe.
3. Ribbon cable to CD ROM drive not inserted fully, or power cable
also.
red tracer must be on #1 pins on both the motherboard and drive.
4. CD ROM not plugged into IDE 2 on Motherboard. (Plugged onto an
interface card or sound card instead.)
5. Bios not enabled for IDE 2. Usually F1 at startup takes you into
bios setup.
6. If this is a very old computer i.e. an early 486, it may not have a
second IDE plug-in on the motherboard.
7. Maybe the CD ROM drive is not IDE ATAPI compatible, or a SCSI
device. Those almost always require a separate interface card,
requiring additional software.

Great fun isn't it?